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Tessa Dare Books in Order

Tessa Dare has written 26 books, published between 2009 and 2021. The first book is How to Catch a Wild Viscount / The Legend of the Werestag (2009) and the newest is The Bride Bet (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
26
Published
2009–2021
Confirmed
25 of 26 titles
Pages on record
6,535 in 20 of 26 books
Reading time
109–163 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,535 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 26 titles with a page count on record.

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Tessa Dare is an American novelist of historical romance and a New York Times and USA Today bestseller. Tessa Dare has received two RITA awards from the Romance Writers of America. The catalogue holds 26 books from 2009 to 2021, opening with How to Catch a Wild Viscount / The Legend of the Werestag and closing with The Bride Bet (2021). Series by Tessa Dare include Spindle Cove, Castles Ever After, Girl Meets Duke, the Stud Club and the Wanton Dairymaid Trilogy. Regency settings, nobility and heiresses appear among the listed subjects.

How many Tessa Dare books are there?

Tessa Dare has 26 books, released between 2009 and 2021. They include 5 separate series.

Tessa Dare Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 26 Tessa Dare books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of How to Catch a Wild Viscount / The Legend of the Werestag by Tessa Dare, book 1 of the Wanton Dairymaid Trilogy
  2. Cover of Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare, book 2 of the Wanton Dairymaid Trilogy (2009)
  3. Cover of Surrender of a Siren by Tessa Dare, book 3 of the Wanton Dairymaid Trilogy (2009)
  4. Cover of A Lady of Persuasion by Tessa Dare, book 4 of the Wanton Dairymaid Trilogy (2009)
  5. Cover of One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare, book 1 of the Stud Club series (2010)
  6. Cover of Twice Tempted by a Rogue by Tessa Dare, book 2 of the Stud Club series (2010)
  7. Cover of Three Nights with a Scoundrel by Tessa Dare, book 3 of the Stud Club series (2010)
  8. Cover of A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare, book 1 of the Spindle Cove series (2011)
  9. Cover of A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare, book 3 of the Spindle Cove series (2012)
  10. Cover of A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare, book 4 of the Spindle Cove series (2012)
  11. Cover of Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare, book 5 of the Spindle Cove series (2013)
  12. Cover of Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare, book 7 of the Spindle Cove series (2013)
  13. Cover of Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare, book 1 of the Castles Ever After series (2014)
  14. Cover of Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare, book 2 of the Castles Ever After series (2014)
  15. Cover of When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare, book 3 of the Castles Ever After series (2015)
  16. Cover of Lord Dashwood Missed Out by Tessa Dare, book 8 of the Spindle Cove series (2015)
  17. Cover of Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare, book 4 of the Castles Ever After series (2016)
  18. Cover of The Governess Game by Tessa Dare, book 2 of the Girl Meets Duke series (2018)
  19. Cover of The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare, book 3 of the Girl Meets Duke series (2019)
  20. Cover of The Bride Bet by Tessa Dare, book 4 of the Girl Meets Duke series (2021)
  1. 1
    How to Catch a Wild Viscount / The Legend of the WerestagWanton Dairymaid Trilogy #12009 · 104 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009104
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  2. 2
    Goddess of the HuntWanton Dairymaid Trilogy #22009 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009384
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  3. 3
    Surrender of a SirenWanton Dairymaid Trilogy #32009 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    A Lady of PersuasionWanton Dairymaid Trilogy #42009 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    One Dance with a DukeStud Club #12010 · 392 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010392
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Twice Tempted by a RogueStud Club #22010 · 363 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010363
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  7. 7
    Three Nights with a ScoundrelStud Club #32010 · 362 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010362
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  8. 8
    A Night to SurrenderSpindle Cove #12011 · 389 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011389
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  9. 9
    Once Upon a Winter's EveSpindle Cove #22011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Scandalous, Dissolute, No-Good Mr. WrightTessa Dare Short Stories/Novellas #12012 · 144 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012144
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  11. 11
    A Week to Be WickedSpindle Cove #32012 · 375 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012375
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  12. 12
    A Lady by MidnightSpindle Cove #42012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  13. 13
    Beauty and the BlacksmithSpindle Cove #52013 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013224
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  14. 14
    Love Letters From a LordSpindle Cove #62013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Any Duchess Will DoSpindle Cove #72013 · 375 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013375
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Romancing the DukeCastles Ever After #12014 · 370 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014370
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  17. 17
    Say Yes to the MarquessCastles Ever After #22014 · 374 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014374
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    When a Scot Ties the KnotCastles Ever After #32015 · 376 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015376
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Lord Dashwood Missed OutSpindle Cove #82015 · 127 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015127
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  20. 20
    Do You Want to Start a ScandalCastles Ever After #42016 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016272
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  21. 21
    The Duchess DealGirl Meets Duke #12017 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017384
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  22. 22
    His Bride for the TakingTessa Dare Short Stories/Novellas #22018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  23. 23
    The Governess GameGirl Meets Duke #22018 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018384
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  24. 24
    The Wallflower WagerGirl Meets Duke #32019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  25. 25
    When She Was NaughtyTessa Dare Short Stories/Novellas #32020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  26. 26
    The Bride BetGirl Meets Duke #42021 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021384
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Tessa Dare books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Spindle Cove in order

8 books
  1. 1. A Night to Surrender
  2. 2. Once Upon a Winter's Eve
  3. 3. A Week to Be Wicked
  4. 4. A Lady by Midnight
  5. 5. Beauty and the Blacksmith
  6. 6. Love Letters From a Lord
  7. 7. Any Duchess Will Do
  8. 8. Lord Dashwood Missed Out

Wanton Dairymaid Trilogy in order

4 books
  1. 1. How to Catch a Wild Viscount / The Legend of the Werestag
  2. 2. Goddess of the Hunt
  3. 3. Surrender of a Siren
  4. 4. A Lady of Persuasion

Castles Ever After in order

4 books
  1. 1. Romancing the Duke
  2. 2. Say Yes to the Marquess
  3. 3. When a Scot Ties the Knot
  4. 4. Do You Want to Start a Scandal

Girl Meets Duke in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Duchess Deal
  2. 2. The Governess Game
  3. 3. The Wallflower Wager
  4. 4. The Bride Bet

Stud Club in order

3 books
  1. 1. One Dance with a Duke
  2. 2. Twice Tempted by a Rogue
  3. 3. Three Nights with a Scoundrel

Tessa Dare Short Stories/Novellas

3 books

3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Tessa Dare books in order?

You only need to read Tessa Dare books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Tessa Dare

Start with How to Catch a Wild Viscount / The Legend of the Werestag (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tessa Dare book?

The Bride Bet (2021) is the newest Tessa Dare book released so far.

Is there a new Tessa Dare book coming?

No next Tessa Dare book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Tessa Dare at a glance

Paused
No new Tessa Dare title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Tessa Dare books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
6,535 pages across the 20 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 374 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tessa Dare books, 20 of 26, were published in the 2010s.

What the Tessa Dare books are about

22 of the 26 Tessa Dare books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical romance is tagged on 19 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.